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This is what ADCC stands for.
What is the Advanced Degree Consulting Club?
Having a consultant offer you one of these is a great way to secure an interview with the firm they’re at.
Referral
Some consultants should take advice from this wise leader: “Do or do not, there is no try”
Yoda
Always ask 2-3 of these once your interviewer has read the case prompt.
What are clarifying questions?
We may not have MBA’s in ADCC, but this school is where you might find them at USC.
Marshall School of Business
ADCC partnered with these 3 Universities for their Science to Strategy event in September.
Who is UCLA, Caltech, and UC San Diego?
Some firms offer this program only for Advanced Degree Candidates– no MBAs allowed!
Bridge Program
This manager once declared bankruptcy simply by yelling it to their coworkers.
Michael Scott
Profitability frameworks can be broken down into these two concepts to determine what the recommendation should be.
Costs and Revenue.
EY, ZS
This is our instagram handle!
What is @uscadcc?
No, it’s not a powerpoint– consultants use this term to name their presentations.
Slide Deck
This tv show may not have a management consultant, but it does have a psychic detective consultant based out of Santa Barbara. You know that’s right.
Psych
While most case interviews are led by candidates, this MBB firm has the interviewers move through the case questions
McKinsey & Company
There's MBB, but there's also the Big 4. Name all 4.
Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young (EY), and KPMG
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What is Management Consulted?
A lesser-known bridge program, but still a great way for life scientists to get to know Clearview Consulting.
Connect to Clearview
John Donahoe has worked as CEO for Nike, Paypal, and eBay, but got his start at this MBB firm in his early 20s.
What is Bain and Company?
When you break a problem into clear, mutually exclusive buckets that don’t overlap, you’re demonstrating this famous consulting principle.
What is MECE?
We know you’ve looked this up – this is the signing bonus for MBB firms for Associates.
$30K
There are 6 ADCC Officers, what are two of their names and positions?
President -Riley Elmer
Vice President- Leah (Yeeun) Kim
Director of Finance -Alisa Peshina
Director of Programming- Radhika Joshi
Director of Communications -Laura Yang
Director of Outreach- Stuti Chakraborty
There are lots of names for the promotion after Associate Consultant, but McKinsey uses this term for its project leaders.
Engagement Manager
This famous singer is anything but ordinary – he worked at BCG for a few years before his music career took off.
Who is John Legend?
If a company's costs are fixed at $1M and variable at $2 per unit, this many units must be sold at $10 each to break even.
What is 125,000 units?
You may want to use this method to tackle your behavior interviews – you’ll be reminded of the acronym when you look up at the sky.
What is the STAR method?